hping is an open-source
packet generator and analyzer for the
TCP/IP
The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are ...
protocol created by
Salvatore Sanfilippo (also known as Antirez).
It is one of the common tools used for security auditing and testing of
firewalls and networks, and was used to exploit the
idle scan scanning technique (also invented by the hping author), and now implemented in the
Nmap Security Scanner. The new version of hping, hping3, is scriptable using the
Tcl language and implements an engine for string based, human-readable description of
TCP/IP
The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are ...
packets so that the programmer can write scripts related to low level
TCP/IP
The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are ...
packet manipulation and analysis in a short time.
See also
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Nmap Security Scanner: Nmap and hping are often considered complementary to one another.
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Mausezahn: Another fast and versatile packet generator that also supports Ethernet header manipulation.
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Packet Sender: A packet generator with a focus on ease of use.
External links
The Hping WebsiteThe Hping Wiki{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219210137/http://www.hping.org/ , date=2017-12-19
paper by Nmap author
Fyodor.
Hping 2 Fixed for Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2)
Free network-related software
Unix network-related software
Network analyzers